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Addressing Affordability – Costs of Care’s Clear Focus

Over the past 10 years, Costs of Care has helped lead the value improvement movement through a number of overlapping phases, from raising awareness and advocating for transparency, to addressing appropriateness by supporting clinician-led efforts to reduce waste and low-value care. There is still much work to be done on each of these fronts and as an organization we will continue to be meaningfully engaged in advocacy, awareness, appropriateness, and education. However, while each of these foundational components are necessary, they are insufficient for making the impact we want to see on patients’ financial and physical experience of health care. To truly provide greater value for diverse populations, we must meaningfully address patient affordability....

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Patient Affordability Concerns: Physicians Promoting Trust and Transparency

Jess Keim-Malpass, RN, PhD

Listen as Drs. Michael Williams and Scott Heysell from the University of Virginia Health System discuss their experiences with patient healthcare affordability, the complexities of billing and collections in our country, and how they have led discussions on improving the University of Virginia processes.

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Leading Affordability Efforts: A CEO Perspective

Jordan Harmon, MHA

Listen as John DiAngelo, President and CEO of Inspira Health, and the winner of the 2019 Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO, discusses how to lead and innovate affordability efforts by addressing social determinants of health and engaging the communities that serve our patients.

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The Costs of Cancer Care and the Affordability Crisis

Arjun Gupta

There’s a toxic effect related to rising healthcare costs. Financial toxicity describes the problem patients face when affording their healthcare. The costs of care can really erode satisfaction with healthcare, quality of life, and ultimately the quality of care that’s received. Listen as Fumiko Chino, MD, shares her personal experience with financial toxicity and her potential solutions for improving the affordability of healthcare.

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Promoting Cost Transparency to Reduce Financial Harm to Patients

AMA Journal of Ethics